HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Question
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He tried to overthrow the Athenian government by starting a revolution.
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He accused Athenian leaders of leading young people into error and disloyalty.
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He abandoned his belief in the gods and goddesses and became a Christian.
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He encouraged people to question the very things they thought they knew.
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Detailed explanation-1: -At his trial, Socrates was accused of two things: impiety (asebeia) against Athens’ gods by introducing new gods and the corruption of Athenian youth by teaching them to question the status quo.
Detailed explanation-2: -According to Plato, who was one of his students, Socrates believed that “the disciplined practice of thoughtful questioning enables the scholar/student to examine ideas and be able to determine the validity of those ideas".
Detailed explanation-3: -Philosophy in Quotes. A history of philosophy in its most famous quotes. Today: Ancient Greek philosopher Socrates saying: “I know only one thing: that I know nothing.”
Detailed explanation-4: -These older accusers levy two principal accusations against Socrates: first, that he does not believe in the gods, but rather teaches purely physical explanations for heavenly and earthly phenomena; and second, that he teaches how to make a weaker argument overcome a stronger argument by means of clever rhetoric.